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  What it means

  “On Saint George’s Day, horses don’t need oats.” Tied to April 23rd (St. George), this proverb means that by late April the pastures are green enough that horses can graze freely without supplemental feed.

  Vocabulary

  • nie trzeba — there is no need for
  • koniom — to horses (dative plural)
  • owsa — oats (genitive)

  Grammar note

  'Nie trzeba' takes the dative for the person/animal and genitive for the thing not needed: 'koniom owsa'.

  Cultural context

  St. George's Day (April 23) was a key date in the Polish agricultural calendar, marking the start of the grazing season.

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